Physicochemical and nutritional characteristics of the fruit of Zizyphus sonorensis S. Wats (Rhamnaceae)

Marcelino Montiel-Herrera, Samuel Campista León, I. L. Camacho-Hernández, Antelmo Ríos Morgan, Francisco Delgado Vargas

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Abstract

The nanche de la costa (Zizyphus sonorensis) fruit was partially characterized by physicochemical and nutritional analyses. This fruit has a homogenous size and color and low moisture content (47 g/100 g). The content of tannins and nickel of the edible portion might limit its use. However, nanche de la costa has important characteristics and potential to be considered as a food or feed source. The remarkable characteristics of the edible portion are high content of total (35 g/100 g) and soluble (0.6 g/100 g) dietary fiber, high level of copper (0.53 mg/100 g), iron (10 mg/100 g) and zinc (4.2 mg/100 g). The seed was distinguished by its high content of total dietary fiber (82.1 g/100 g), calcium (540 mg/100 g), copper (0.54 mg/100 g), chromium (1.1 mg/100 g) and zinc (4.5 mg/100 g). The moisture value is given in fresh weight basis and all other values are in dry weight basis.

Original languageAmerican English
Pages (from-to)587-596
Number of pages10
JournalInternational Journal of Food Science and Nutririon
Volume56
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - 2005

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
We acknowledge the help of the following institutions/ persons: ‘Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología-J28125-B’, CECYT, FOMES and UAS for the financial support; Dr. Rito Vega-Aviña, Agronomy Faculty, UAS, for his help in the taxonomical identification of the plant material; and M.Sc. Jesús Espinoza-Álvarez, UAS, for his technical assistance.

Keywords

  • Fruit
  • Nutritional characteristics
  • Physicochemical characteristics
  • Zizyphus sonorensis

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